NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP said yesterday wished the former Vice President, Atiku
Ababakar and other party men and women who had left the party to the opposition
All Progressives Congress, APC, well saying that it had the capacity to
withstand the shock of the vacuum created in the party.Consequently, strong
indications have emerged that PDP may not embark on reconciliation missions to
unite with Atiku and others who dumped the PDP for the APC.In a statement
signed yesterday by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, PDP
also noted that it was not prepared to join Atiku and the APC in what it
termed, politics of mudslinging. “While we concede to the inalienable rights of
individuals to associate with any political party of their choice, we advice
that they should proffer solutions and alternatives rather than engage in
constant condemnation.“The PDP wishes the former Vice President and others well
in their chosen enclave but we pray, that someday, they will find it in their
hearts space to accord the PDP due recognition for its contributions not only
to the development of the country, but also to their individual political
progress.“While the PDP recognizes the inalienable right of citizens to hold
opinions and identify with political platforms of their choice, we indeed find
it very difficult to understand this type of bitterness towards the party even
from persons such as Atiku who hugely benefited from the PDP.“However, as the
sole custodian of the sacred mandate of over 160 million Nigerians, the PDP
will continue to maintain the high moral ground of decency and shall not in any
way cheapen this sacred mandate by joining in political mudslinging.“The people
are solidly behind President Goodluck Jonathan and his developmental policies
and for emphasis, we wish to draw the attention of Atiku and the APC warlords
to the achievements of the PDP-led administration.“It is common knowledge that
the private sector has been immensely successful in the last two years under
the PDP-led administration owing to the continued implementation of our
manifesto and policies including the continuation of the PDP ideology of
transfer of wealth from public institutions to the private sector.“This is the
hallmark of the PDP-led Federal Government wherein hardworking private
individuals are now thriving in. manufacturing, trade, commerce and other
critical sectors of the economy with business names such as the Dangotes, the
Innosons, the AITs, the Channels as well as several others in the banking,
telecoms, food processing, hospitality, transport, construction, oil and gas,
estate businesses recording huge successes.
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